[TowerTalk] Fwd: Downhill anchors

[Pete Smith]

try qrz.com - typo

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 1/26/2010 8:41 AM, hanslg at aol.com wrote:
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> What's the web site you are sending us to? I see no tower but a lot of promotional stuff that has nothing to do with towers. A hidden button somewhere?
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> Hans - N2JFS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: john at iguanavilla.com
> To: TOWERTALK at contesting.com
> Cc: ku4bp at triad.rr.com
> Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 8:43 pm
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Downhill anchors
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> There is a lot of leverage on elevated anchors and I would avoid using them
> unless really necessary.    You could move the downhill anchor further away
> from the tower base to maintain the guy angle.   I have seen installations
> (including my own at http://www.qr.com/db/p40a ) where guy wires were are at
> very different angles and distances from the base.
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> John KK9A
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